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Threatened Tiwi Plants

  • Apr 22
  • 1 min read

Updated: May 5


The following abbreviations are used in the table below:

  • NT Status – Status of species listed under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act

  • National Status – Status of species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)

  • CR – Species is listed as Critically Endangered

  • EN – Species is listed as Endangered

  • VU – Species is listed as Vulnerable

Endemic refers to species that are only found on the Tiwi Islands.

 

Common Name 

Species

NT Status 

National Status

Endemic 

Elaeocarpus 

Elaeocarpus miegei

CR

 

 

Xylopia

Xylopia monosperma

EN

EN

Endemic

Garcinia

Garcinia warrenii

EN

 

 

Typhonium

Typhonium mirabile

EN

EN

Endemic

Typhonium 

Typhonium jonesii

EN

EN

Endemic

Burmannia

Burmannia sp. Bathurst Island

EN

EN

Endemic

Tarennoidea

Tarennoidea wallichii

EN

 

 

Cephalomanes

Cephalomanes obscurum

EN

 

 

Endiandra

Endiandra limnophila

VU

 

 

Calochilus

Calochilus caeruleus

VU

 

 

Freycinetia

Freycinetia excelsa

VU

 

 

Mitrella

Mitrella tiwiensis

VU

VU

Endemic

Hoya

Hoya australis subsp. oramicola

VU

VU

Endemic

Luisia

Luisia corrugata

VU

 

 

Cycad

Cycas armstrongii

VU

 

 

Mapania

Mapania macrocephala

VU

 

 

Thrixspermum

Thrixspermum congestum

VU

 

 

Freycinetia

Freycinetia percostata

VU

 

 

Dendromyza

Dendromyza reinwardtiana

VU

 

 


 
 

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